bucket seat help

[mopardrt]

does anyone have a picture of the floor of a bucket seat duster I wana see were the holes and stuff are

 

[mopardude318]

If your car was originally a bench seat car, There should be dimples in the floor already, for the bucket seats..

 

[mopardrt]

yes but there are two humps in the floor for the bench seats wont there have to be two more humps for the buckets?

 

[Robzilla]

You have to find the stiffening brakets for a bucket seat car and weld them in before you can put buckets in a non bucket car, otherwise you take the chance of the floor cracking. Or just make some yourself.

 

[mopardrt]

probably be easier and cheaper to just recover the bench seat then huh?

 

[Robzilla]

If you have buckets and seat rails to install it is not hard to do the work. You can use the dimples already in the floor for guides than you just make a stiffening patch approx
4"X4" , drill the hole, center on the hole in the floor and tack weld it in good.

 

[mopardrt]

wont the seat be unlevel with one side in the hump and one side flat on the floor?

 

[DionR]

The humps in the floor are unused when you bolt buckets in. All four holes are in the same plane. The floor should be dimpled for all four holes, but as stated above, you need the stiffening plates on the inside pair of holes.

 

[mopardrt]

oh ok so no humps to be used

 

[abodyjoe]

look for the dimples in the floor...

 

[mopardrt]

sounds great.......... thanks for all the help

 

[Robzilla]

I can take some pictures of the stiffening plates if you need.

 

[abodyjoe]

You have to find the stiffening brakets for a bucket seat car and weld them in before you can put buckets in a non bucket car, otherwise you take the chance of the floor cracking. Or just make some yourself.

a guy on ebay sells them dirt cheap too. still haven't gotten around to putting mine on..lol

 

[meathead66]

Where is that ebay link for the brackets cause I need some also?:confused:

 

[abodyjoe]

http://www.rocketresto.com/seatandseatbeltrelated.html

6776ABB 67-76 A-Body Bucket Seat Braces $25.00

 

[meathead66]

Thanx for the link; however the dimples in the floor are 12" apart and my bucket holes are
15 1/2" apart. Is there some type adapter? What
gives?

 

[3406pk]

The bolts/holes on bottom of seat bolt to the slide assy on the stand or bracket The bracket bolts for floor are closer spaced than the ones on seat. I'm not sure if bracket is same as for bench seat. I do know that the slide assy is same for bucket as for bench.

 

[RedFish]

Pictures would help. The bucket seat frame has bolt holes where the tracks bolt on. Those tracks have riser sections and studs that go through the holes in the floor. If you have tracks and the stud locations are wrong, you have the wrong tracks.

 

[meathead66]

Better go out and test fit first.

 

[skep419]

Here is some pics of my 69 Dart. Not sure if they are exactly the same but should help.

 

[Zippie#7]

Hay, great thread, just yesterday I was looking at the floor in my 70 Dart to see if I could put some 70 cuda buckets in. Now I think I know what to look for. Thanks.

 

[meathead66]

Yep thats what I needed to see. Makes sense cause
I forgot that the brackets on the seats are offset.

 

[DionR]

Hay, great thread, just yesterday I was looking at the floor in my 70 Dart to see if I could put some 70 cuda buckets in. Now I think I know what to look for. Thanks.

The holes in your floor wont match up to a set of E-Body buckets. Sorry. The seats need to match the car for this to work.

 

[70dart]

Hopefully these pics will help the first one is the stiffening plates and the last one shows the dimples. Good luck.

 

[Zippie#7]

DionR: Thanks for the reply, that answer will save me a lot of time. If they don't fit, they don't fit! Thanks.